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Where Were the Planets on July 16, 2024?

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On July 16, 2024, the Sun was in Cancer (24°26' at noon UTC), the Moon was in Scorpio all day (UTC), and the Moon phase was Waxing Gibbous (74% illuminated). Saturn, Neptune and Pluto were retrograde.

A quiet day in the sky: no planet changed sign or direction, and no exact planetary aspects formed.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on July 16, 2024. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 16°45' Scorpio at midnight UTC to 29°14' Scorpio at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on July 16, 2024
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun24°26'42" CancerDirect into Leo
Moon22°58'00" ScorpioDirect into Sagittarius
Mercury20°37'05" LeoDirect into Virgo
Venus5°55'23" LeoDirect into Virgo
Mars26°57'49" TaurusDirect into Gemini
Jupiter11°27'19" GeminiDirect into Cancer
Saturn19°11'45" PiscesRetrograde into Aries
Uranus26°21'27" TaurusDirect into Gemini
Neptune29°52'54" PiscesRetrograde into Aries
Pluto1°01'44" AquariusRetrograde into Capricorn
North Node10°25'12" AriesDirect into Pisces

Sky Events on July 16, 2024

The Moon phase is Waxing Gibbous, 74% illuminated at noon UTC.

No sign changes, stations, lunations or exact planetary aspects happen on this day (UTC).

Born on July 16, 2024?

Mars and Uranus sat less than a degree apart in Taurus, a close conjunction shared by every chart from that day.

Planet signs are only part of the picture. Your rising sign changes about every two hours and the Moon moves half a degree an hour, so your exact birth time and place decide your houses, angles and Moon degree.

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